This Is What a Villain Is Like

Chapter 195: Chapter 97: Flawless Immortal Embryo, Suspecting She Deliberately Let Ye Ming Go?

But the Jiang Lan before her now gave her the distinct impression that he wanted to distance himself from her.

"Young Master Jiang, do you think I let Ye Ming go on purpose?"

Ling Zhuyun caught up to him and asked from his side.

Jiang Lan sounded a little surprised. "Saintess Zhu Yun, why the sudden question?"

"That Ye Ming was protected by people from the Blood Immortal Sect. It would never have been easy to capture him, so why would I think that?"

"Then, Young Master Jiang, why are you..."

Ling Zhuyun’s red lips parted slightly. She had wanted to ask why he felt so cold and distant—overly polite, even—as if he couldn’t wait to sever ties with her, but the words caught in her throat.

Besides, asking such a thing would feel strange and make people read too much into it.

Jiang Lan didn’t seem to grasp her meaning. He simply smiled and said, "Saintess Zhu Yun, you’re overthinking things. Why would I ever suspect you?"

"Don’t put so much pressure on yourself. Ye Ming has many tricks up his sleeve, but he can run, he can’t hide forever. The day will come when he slips up and gets caught."

Ling Zhuyun looked at him, her eyes shimmering like misty water. Her red lips parted; she could feel he was being evasive.

’I feel like I’m starting to understand him. His current expression... it’s most likely because he’s misunderstood me.’

She’d been thinking about it last night, too. ’If I had attacked Ye Ming with my full strength from the very beginning, instead of with hesitation and questions, how could he possibly have had a chance to escape?’

’The only reason he got away was because I wasn’t decisive or rational enough.’

Jiang Lan must have seen her communicating with Ye Ming via sound transmission. ’So is that why his attitude is like this? Does he suspect I let Ye Ming go on purpose?’

...

「At the same time.」

Outside Purple Mist Mountain, one after another, Ancient Warships and War Fortresses covered in inscribed Runes hovered high in the sky. They stood there like a series of Demon Mountains.

Aboard these Ancient Warships, the army of Great Xia’s Observatory had gathered, their immense pressure shaking the entire region.

Hundreds of Knights were completely encased in Divine Iron Armor, with only their eyes exposed. They rode their Barbaric Beasts, gradually treading upon the sky.

And on these Ancient Warships, the Elders of various Immortal Sects were gathered, gazing down at the mountain range shrouded in purple mist below, their expressions incomparably grim.

They had all received news of what had transpired in the Purple Mist Mountain Range.

Many young Disciples from the Immortal Sects had their Life Tokens shatter. Among them were many promising young prodigies, cultivated with vast resources, who had unfortunately met a tragic end here.

This infuriated all the factions. After reporting the matter to the Observatory, the various Immortal Sects dispatched their Elders to Anyang City.

After a discussion, they decided to join forces to tear open the outer Array and rescue the remaining members of the younger generation.

If they delayed any longer, they feared that the entire younger generation of the various Immortal Sects would be wiped out here.

This was an unacceptable and devastating loss for every Immortal Sect.

"The Blood Immortal Sect is utterly audacious! To so brazenly set up an Array here, using the Purple Mist True Monarch’s Grotto-Heaven inheritance as bait to lure in a group of young Celestial Prides and slaughter them."

"This act is heinous enough to enrage both gods and men! They hold us in complete contempt."

The Elder from the Ancient Inquiring Sect had an ashen face, furious to the extreme.

On this trip to Purple Mist Mountain, one could say that the Ancient Inquiring Sect was completely wiped out. All their Disciples’ Life Tokens had shattered, and even the True Disciple Han Yiming had died inside.

The Elder from Biyou Grotto Heaven, an old woman leaning on a cane, had an equally furious and grim expression upon hearing this.

Because the Disciples of Biyou Grotto Heaven had suffered the same fate as the Ancient Inquiring Sect; not a single one had survived.

Hearing this, the Elders from the other Immortal Sects showed expressions of grief and indignation, more or less. Of course, there were also some who were secretly taking pleasure in the others’ misfortune, as their own Disciples had suffered minimal losses, their Life Tokens still intact.

The Commander dispatched here by the Observatory was a slender figure clad in Light Armor. Her beautiful hair was completely hidden within her helmet, revealing only a pair of cold, calm eyes.

She did not speak much, merely gazing at the mountain range below. With a wave of her fair hand, several Knights behind her soared into the air and worked together to activate a palm-sized, entirely bright yellow gourd.

The gourd flew high into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it grew to the size of a millstone.

The mouth of the gourd spewed forth endless radiance, emitting a terrifying devouring power as it began to suck at the mountains below.

This was an Ancient Treasure. It was said to contain a world of its own and possessed the fabled power to swallow the heavens and contain the earth.

The vast purple mist was swallowed by the gourd and quickly thinned out. However, more mist rapidly seeped out from the ground below, as if from an inexhaustible source.

The few Knights who had activated the gourd soon couldn’t hold on, their Magical Power completely drained. Another group stepped forward to replace them, but the same thing happened; they too couldn’t last long.

Among the mountains, the purple mist showed no sign of disappearing or even thinning.

Watching this scene, the Elders of the various Immortal Sects all frowned deeply. They hadn’t expected the Array here to be so troublesome. Even the Observatory’s Heaven-Swallowing Gourd couldn’t seem to swallow all the purple mist.